Word: gambols
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...adviser. "He never goes more than 40 miles an hour, but he never gets into any accidents." Dukakis unveiled last week a series of ! skillfully produced television ads, designed to convey passion without committing him to specifics beyond Democratic Party boiler plate. In one TV spot, picture-perfect toddlers gambol in front of an oversize flag as a toy piano plays America softly on the sound track...
Some of the effects are startling. In Partisans the dancers impersonate wartime equestrian irregulars, without benefit of horses. In At the Skating Rink they gambol and glide along imaginary ice in a skaters' waltz of rare beauty. Typically, the narrative is minimal, the political content low; for the Moiseyev, the steppe's the thing. Whether miming a cavalry charge or approximating the flight of eagles in a Kalmuck ceremony, the company attacks each number with ramrod backs and bright faces, precise and impeccable...
...seats and expensive stereo equipment. Says Ed Rikess, owner of Southview Chevrolet in St. Paul: "The biggest option is the fanciest music system we can get." One out of four small pickups is sold with four-wheel drive, which provides greater traction on slippery roads and the freedom to gambol across beaches and hills...
Maybe all sequels should be made in 3-D. Imagine how tiresome it would be to see Jason, the monster in the hockey mask, polish off another group of dumb teenagers in an ordinary print. But this time, as they gambol through the woods whose mean paths he endlessly stalks, the sundry sharp and blunt instruments that are always ready to his hand come at them and the audience with a certain vivid super-reality. It is all so gruesome that horror turns to humor and the fun comes from the appreciation of being cleverly conned by Director Steve Miner...
...sports will be in the midst of tournaments on Saturday. The men's squash team travels to Yale for the MISRA Championships, the men's track team is hosting the Heptagonals at the ITT, the wrestling team will be in Princeton, N.J. for the EIWA tournament, the women hoopsters gambol off to UPenn for the Ivies, the women's hockey team hosts the Ivy tournament at Bright Center, the women's squash team travels to Bowdoin for the WISRA Championships and the women's tracksters bus it to Cornell to battle for the Ivy Crown. Whew...